2015-16 Line-up discussion - focus on D edition

[bumperkisser]

Am I the only one who would be okay with:

Fowler - Despres
Lindholm - Vatanen
Theodore - Manson

i dunno. i don't think it'd hurt theo to put in a season in the minors and have bieksa on the 3rd pairing instead.

 

[Ducks DVM]

i dunno. i don't think it'd hurt theo to put in a season in the minors and have bieksa on the 3rd pairing instead.

Also, who knows if Despres is actually going to be any good after that concussion, and who knows if he can maintain his play from last spring.

 

[Getzholm]

Fowler - Despres
Lindholm - Manson
Bieksa - Vatanen
Stoner - Theodore
Holzier - Montour


That's some crazy D depth. We're 10 deep. Say Vatanen Despres Manson and Bieksa all get injured injured at the same time (4 of our penciled in top 6), the lineup below would still give us a solid chance to win games.

Fowler - Theodore
Lindholm - Holzier
Stoner - Montour

That's pretty crazy.

 

[Opak]

 

[Sean Garrity]

This could be make or break time for GMBM. He knows the problem, now it's time to see if he is able to correctly fix the problem.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

This could be the scary part.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

This could be the scary part.

What's Heatley up to these days. He can get hot, too ya know.

 

[Quack Shot]

I'm disappointed in the BM actually saying what Stoner's injury is instead of saying the dreaded Lower Body Injury.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

 

[Exit Dose]

Christ, are we ever going to have a workable second unit?

 

[DaDucks*]

Christ, are we ever going to have a workable second unit?

Doesn't the 2nd unit have a few goals recently? Seems like we're going to feed it some Sami V

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Christ, are we ever going to have a workable second unit?

Sami running the top should keep the second unit fairly dangerous.

Vatanen, Lindholm, Kesler, Silf, Maroon ? 3 of those guys were used on our top unit last season.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

Doesn't the 2nd unit have a few goals recently? Seems like we're going to feed it some Sami V

Sami and Kesler will have to carry it. Any other year and I'd call that pretty good, but this year . . .

 

[WhatTheDuck]

I have to wonder if this is a trial to see how our PP performs without Vats.

 

[DaDucks*]

I have to wonder if this is a trial to see how our PP performs without Vats.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

I have to wonder if this is a trial to see how our PP performs without Vats.

That would require Bruce and Bob to talk about personnel. So, I'm guessing not.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Very well said..

 

[Static]

Sami has the flu, so that explains the PP practice. He might not play tomorrow.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Sami has the flu, so that explains the PP practice. He might not play tomorrow.

They should give Montour a game

 

[Exit Dose]

Sami running the top should keep the second unit fairly dangerous.

Vatanen, Lindholm, Kesler, Silf, Maroon ? 3 of those guys were used on our top unit last season.

It's not about who is manning the blue line. I'm talking about the forwards. Kesler, Silf, and Maroon is what I want to end.

 

[Static]

Clandening could play tomorrow if sami is too ill.

 

[Kalv]

Historically we have performed better with a leftie running the PP (Nieds, Lubo), it has been linked to Getzlafs right-handedness. But this topic has been beaten to death basically.

Just saying because if it turns out Theo can run that ****, it might be very very good. Theo has looked great on PP regardless, right?

 

[Paul4587]

Historically we have performed better with a leftie running the PP (Nieds, Lubo), it has been linked to Getzlafs right-handedness. But this topic has been beaten to death basically.

Just saying because if it turns out Theo can run that ****, it might be very very good. Theo has looked great on PP regardless, right?

Pronger and Lubo were the QBs - two guys with bombs. Nieds never ran the PP, he was the guy who roved around getting open out of nowhere.

I definitely think the PP has lacked a left handed shooting threat for years now. I also think we could use a LHS up front also, ideally we would have 3 RHS and 2 LHS on the 1st unit.

 

[Kalv]

Pronger and Lubo were the QBs - two guys with bombs. Nieds never ran the PP, he was the guy who roved around getting open out of nowhere.

I definitely think the PP has lacked a left handed shooting threat for years now. I also think we could use a LHS up front also, ideally we would have 3 RHS and 2 LHS on the 1st unit.

You are correct on Prongs, i messed that one up.

So yeah let`s hope for many PP`s vs Minnesota so we can test Theo.
And agreed on a LHS up front also. Drouin

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Getzlaf + Perry + Rakell = 76 points.

Kane = 71 points